If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
#1If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 3:37am
If Barbara Cook stayed with Carrie The Musical for its infamous Broadway run; do you think being associated with that bomb would have hurt her career at all?
By then, Cook was a real legend, so I cannot imagine her being part of something like that on Broadway.
It didn't hurt Buckley's career, but she wasn't quite at Cook's "status" yet. It also didn't hurt a young Charlotte d'Amboise. It seems the show hurt Debbie Allen's career the most.
What do you think?
Updated On: 12/7/08 at 03:37 AM
#2re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 3:38amNo. Barbara would have survived and her career would have still thrived.
#2re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 3:51amLinzi Hately has had a decent career in the UK.
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#3re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 10:06amIn my opinion, I'm glad that Barbara Cook left the production because Betty was 10 times better than her in the role!
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#4re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 10:37amI don't think being a part of one bomb can really hurt anybody's career.
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#5re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 11:19amI was glad she left the show, she was horrid in it, she had zero aspects of Margaret, Buckley was far better
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#6re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 11:36amDorothy Loudon survived numerous bombs and managed to thrive and be beloved.
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#7re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 11:49amI don't think so, performers can survive flops. Barbara Cook was already established then, so it wouldn't have hurt her.
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#8re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 11:49amBeing in a bomb CAN hurt your career. nanette Fabray made a big splash in HIgh Button Shoes and Bloomer Girl. Love Life and Arms and the Girl were supposed to make her a star but both shows tanked. she went on to be a tv personality. Same thing with Susan Johnson. She made a splash in The Most Happy Fella and should have gone on to stardom in Oh Captain! but that also was a failure. Just goes to show you never know. it can look like a hit on paper and then everything can go wrong leaving us all wondering what could have been.
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#9re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 2:28pm
Thank you, songanddanceman. She was totally wrong for the role. Listening to her on the bootleg, she was just too...nice to be Margaret. Do you understand what I'm saying?
And splendero, Barbara Cook had already been in a flop before Carrie and that was Candide.
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#10re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 2:42pm
Cook had had several flops before Carrie.
And, the show did not do wonders for Buckley. Afterwards she kinda disappeared. She didn't return for almost 10 years.
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#11re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 2:47pm
The original UK window card: 
Barbara Cook and Linzi Hately in rehearsal: 
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#12re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 3:07pmThat logo(and the art in general) is still better than most we have nowadays.
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#13re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 3:44pm
I really hated the Logo, it did not match the tone of the show at all, it took itself to seriously.
The UK program makes me laugh, i got it when i was about 9 when i want to watch Carrie, i found it in a box of junk at my mums when she was moving to Turkey.It looks like the pictures of the cast were taken for a production of Fame lol
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#14re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 7:03pm
Do you realize how many flops Barbara Cook has been in?
Flahooley
Candide
The Gay Life
Something More!
The Grass Harp
She managed to survive those bombs. She would have triumphed after Carrie as well.
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#15re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 7:47pm
Barbara already was into the thriving "second half" of her career on the concert stage when "Carrie" happened. Her even doing "Carrie" seemed like a fluke.
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#16re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/7/08 at 8:40pmYeah, but those flops aren't as infamous as Carrie.
#17re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/8/08 at 2:09am
Betty was much better in the role, but I disagree that she disappeared for 10 years......
1990 first solo engagement at rainbow & stars nightclub, atop rockefeller center in new york city
1991 first semi-annual engagement at The Bottom Line, legendary greenwich village club
1992 children will listen is released, betty lynn's first recording for sterling records
major concert appearance: sondheim: a celebration at carnegie hall
pirate jenny in the threepenny opera at the williamstown theatre festival
alone together, one-woman show at williamstown theatre festival
mama rose in gypsy at the southern arizona light opera company
1993 major concert appearance: george and ira gershwin: a musical celebration
a.r. gurney's the fourth wall, chicago
1994 betrayal of trust, tv movie
with one look is released, betty lynn's second recording for sterling records
norma desmond in the revised production of sunset boulevard in london
olivier award nomination for best actress in a musical
bbc radio broadcast of sondheim's a little night music
1995 the london concert, solo concert with bbc symphony orchestra and big band for bbc radio
assumes lead of norma desmond in broadway production of sunset boulevard
1996 sunset boulevard, broadway
music of the night, national tour of the songs of andrew lloyd webber
betty buckley: an evening at carnegie hall for broadway cares/equity fights aids
critical choices, tv movie for showtime
the london concert, sterling records release
1997 triumph of love, broadway (tony nomination)
betty buckley: an evening at carnegie hall, sterling records release
guest star on tony awards with rosie o'donnell
1998 gypsy, papermill playhouse
much more, sterling records release
1999 hosted pbs special the women of tin pan alley
bravo special betty buckley: in performance and in person
eros trilogy, vineyard theatre, off broadway
cafe carlyle
simply irresistible, feature film
camino real, hartford stage production
formed ko productions and records with kevin duncan
broadway cares/equity fights aids christmas concert
2000 cafe carlyle
heart to heart, first ko records release
cbs sunday morning profile
betty buckley: 15 year anniversary re-release
donmar warehouse - diva series in london
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#18re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/8/08 at 2:17am
Do you realize how many flops, Liza has been in?
Flora, The Red Menace
The Act
The Rink
#19re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/8/08 at 2:21amgood point...If the fans love them enough, they'll survive no matter what.
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#20re: If Barbara Cook stayed with CARRIE for Broadway....
Posted: 12/8/08 at 2:31am
Though some performers, Karen Morrow comes immediately to mind, leave Broadway by choice in fear of being associated with another flop.
Larry Grossman is one of my favorite composers and he's never had a hit on Broadway.
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